Lot 373: Ramsay, William

Lot 373: Ramsay William: (1852-1916) Scottish Chemist, Nobel Prize Winner For Chemistry, 1904. A.L.S., W. Ramsay, Two Pages, 8Vo, Regent'S Park, 24Th February 1907, To Dr. [H. Charlton] Bastian. Ramsay Refers To A Paper Which He Feels Should Have Been Submitted In His Own Name, Remarking 'As A Matter Of Fact, I Sent It To Moissan, Whom I Asked To Place It In The Best Hands For Publication, And Urged Him To Do His Best To Get It Published. After The Mere Heading Had Appeared, He Wrote Regretting That It Had Not Been Accepted.' He Continues 'You See I Don'T Know The Biological Or Medical Set In Paris, & Did What I Thought Would Give Your Paper The Best Chance. I Fancy That Pasteur'S Influence, As You Say, Still Dominates The Academie Des Sciences.' With Blank Integral Leaf. Vg Henry Charlton Bastian (1837-1915) English Physiologist And Neurologist.]
International Autograph Auctions' Autograph Auction September 2015
Saturday, 26th September 2015
Estimate: £150-200